A new study by cybersecurity firm Critical Insight noted that the number of breaches against health care facilities is down, but there is an increase in the number of individuals who have been …
NYPD Fingerprint Database Taken Offline to Thwart Ransomware
The LiveScan fingerprint-tracking system used by the New York Police Department was infected with ransomware last week, prompting the NYPD to take the database offline on Friday night. The department …
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Industry Insight: Checking Up on Healthcare Security
New research by the Ponemon Institute and Censinet shines the spotlight on third-party risk in the healthcare industry. According to the report, the majority (56%) of healthcare organizations were at …
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UK Police suspend work with major forensics firm after cyber-attack
A recent ransomware attack on forensics firm Eurofins has impacted operations of the UK police department, which is now dealing with an increasing backlog of pending forensic …
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Small Businesses May Not Be Security’s Weak Link
A new report by (ISC)² indicates that the poor reputation of small businesses when it comes to security isn't entirely justified. Small firms are often considered to be a supply-chain risk for larger …
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Human error still the cause of many data breaches
A new survey by Shred-it shows that data breaches are very often the result of human error. The majority of C-suite executives (53%) and more than a quarter of Small Business Owners (SBOs) (28%) point …
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Healthcare organizations lack money, tools, talent to address biggest cybersecurity threats
A new CynergisTek survey identifies poorly secured Internet of things (IoT) devices as the top concern for half of healthcare decision makers. Other major concerns are medical device security and …
How privileged insiders threaten the security of global organizations
Almost two out of three IT organizations suspect that they suffered a direct or indirect breach in the past year due to abused or misused employee access (64%) or because a third party vendor got …
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Majority of CISOs plan to ask for an increase in cybersecurity investment
New research by the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) shows that in the face of growing cyber threats, almost 3 in 4 (73%) CISOs in the finance sector will request …
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